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Josh Gerstein ✓

@joshgerstein · joined 12 Aug 2009

Sr. Legal Affairs Reporter, @POLITICO. Priors: ABC White House & China correspondent, CNN, NY Sun 🇺🇸🇦🇺josh@joshgerstein.com. Signal: joshgerstein.46

111 891Followers
3 580Following
76 158Posts total
1.1MViews on collected posts

Latest posts

@joshgerstein Hahaha. Too bad the Democratic Party is broke https://t.co/3Rke6TQI93 410 views · 3 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
@joshgerstein It is always Jackson. Odd one out. Too dumb to be on the court 236 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
@joshgerstein Why would it be a win for the GOP? I thought Democrats were swimming in cash and, more importantly, had dozens of local House races to target. 1.1K views · 14 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →
JUST IN: In win for GOP, #SCOTUS allows political parties and party committees to keep receiving lowest-unit rates from broadcasters. Only noted dissent: Jackson. Order: https://t.co/CkYHzEi9GO Earlier: https://t.co/qrYvtt7yps 37.5K views · 101 likes · 38 reposts · 7 replies Open on X →
I understand why criminal defense attorneys infantilize their clients by referring to them by first name. I don't agree with it, but I get it. Why would lawyers do so with an adult client promoting a ballot measure? https://t.co/J4IahDyN0K https://t.co/E6AO3uXcJQ 9.6K views · 22 likes · 2 reposts · 9 replies Open on X →
Each $1 coin will cost $2.44. #inflation 4.9K views · 14 likes · 3 reposts · 9 replies Open on X →
NEW: New OLC opinion claims states participating in welfare programs TANF & SSI have duty to report all immigrants the state deems to be illegal, regardless of which state agency makes the conclusion and whether the person applied for those programs. w/@kyledcheney 3.2K views · 16 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →
@joshgerstein While the retard right is whining about "Trump has BETRAYED us" the administration keeps putting wins on the board. 6.8K views · 401 likes · 16 reposts · 13 replies Open on X →
The $1 coin designed to celebrate America’s 250th birthday and seemingly President Donald Trump, whose face gazes from one side of the gold finish, will go on sale Wednesday, according the U.S. Mint. Read more: https://t.co/z970WSLsG6 https://t.co/BIQLG0qBk1 11.1K views · 9 likes · 2 reposts · 15 replies Open on X →
Earlier opinion: https://t.co/v55Pnha7bv 10K views · 40 likes · 5 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
BREAKING: Trump Office of Legal Counsel reverses 1998 OLC opinion (by Randolph Moss) & now holds that 1996 welfare reform law PRWORA requires states to report to the federal government every time a state concludes someone is an undocumented immigrant. https://t.co/4cty7xjslp 159.3K views · 1.3K likes · 275 reposts · 45 replies Open on X →
@joshgerstein Dude come on now. You know the judgment fund has existed long long before Trump. This is embarrassing Josh. Get that TDS under control 🤦‍♀️ 461 views · 22 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
@joshgerstein Is there a problem with that? I don't see one. If there is legal liability, any person should receive compensation for their damages. 2.2K views · 22 likes · 1 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →
@joshgerstein I guess it would be too much for Todd to note what DOJ already did. The 2 years have lapsed. Snooze you lose. 4.9K views · 47 likes · 3 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →
JUST IN: Attorney General Todd Blanche refuses to rule out payments to #Jan6 rioters. 'Anybody can file a claim against the federal government, not just anybody associated with January 6......I can't do that,' Blanche tells NBC's 'Meet The Press.' 109.2K views · 225 likes · 90 reposts · 31 replies Open on X →
@joshgerstein My deepest sympathy, Justice Ketanji Brown💔. I’m so sorry. May your dad’s memory be a blessing 🙏🏽 393 views · 11 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
@joshgerstein May he rest in peace and may his.memory be a blessing. He experienced the most.pride a person could have with you as his daughter. Sending my 🙏, Justice KB Jackson ❤️ 591 views · 16 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
@joshgerstein Sending up prayers for my Soror, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, and her family during this difficult time. #KetanjiBrownJackson #DeltaSigmaTheta #SCOTUS 1K views · 28 likes · 5 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
Condolences to #SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, whose remarks at an Alaska university were cut short Tuesday by a family emergency https://t.co/qxTC97KnNU Sadly, the emergency was that her father Johnny Brown, a prominent Miami attorney, passed away https://t.co/bVQeFC1glM 54.1K views · 1.6K likes · 393 reposts · 52 replies Open on X →
@joshgerstein @kyledcheney There was no conspiracy against Trump or his allies. Trump was never charged and the few Trump associates that were charged were for lying to the FBI. Mananfort had additional charges. Trump could have been charged for obstruction of justice and Mueller 1.3K views · 31 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →
@joshgerstein @kyledcheney So wait we had the Mueller investigation followed by the Durham investigation of the investigation as well as OIG Horowitz’s investigation of the investigation. Not to mention the numerous Senate and House Committees investigating the investigation. A 4.3K views · 78 likes · 12 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →
@joshgerstein @JaneMayerNYer @kyledcheney John Yoo was one of the architects of the Bush era White House torture memos. He gives no fu*ks about the constitution or federal law. His job is to find a way around all that. Bad actor all the way. 1.6K views · 59 likes · 6 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
SCOOP: Conservative law professor John Yoo signs on to advise federal prosecutor Joe diGenova on his so-called 'grand conspiracy' investigation into whether Trump opponents broke law by ginning up Russia-related probes in 2016 & thereafter. w/@kyledcheney https://t.co/M0axLkkfmc 150.6K views · 301 likes · 138 reposts · 50 replies Open on X →
@joshgerstein Huh. Bluesky and Threads. Imagine that. Can't stand the truth, so that's where you're directing people? 1.1K views · 92 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →
@joshgerstein You're a triple-threat, Josh: an idiot on three different platforms. 533 views · 71 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
@joshgerstein I can only imagine how unhinged blue sky is lol. https://t.co/V3UGI0GcFq 1.2K views · 63 likes · 4 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →
If you prefer to follow me on other platforms, going forward, most posts are also available on Threads https://t.co/Sqy06c0GeO and Bluesky https://t.co/676NQv9T43. I intend to keep posting here. Updates as conditions warrant. Thank you for your attention. 504.9K views · 213 likes · 40 reposts · 344 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

15 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views4 921this account5 983median for 100K–1M
Reach, %4.40%this account1.49%median for 100K–1M
Engagement, %0.98%this account0.93%median for 100K–1M
MetricThis accountMedian for 100K–1MRatio
Median views per post4 9215 9830.82×
Reach (views ÷ followers)4.40%1.49%2.95×
Engagement rate0.98%0.93%1.05×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

4.9K16 Aug
2.2K
461
159.3K2 Sep
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9.6K3 Sep
37.5K4 Sep
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Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.07%16 Aug
1.21%
4.77%
1.05%2 Sep
0.45%
0.28%
6.36%
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0.39%3 Sep
0.41%4 Sep
1.41%
1.27%
0.98%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 0.93%.

What the audience does

Likes70.3%4 796 in total
Reposts15.2%1 038 in total
Replies8.7%590 in total
Quotes1.3%87 in total
Bookmarks4.5%309 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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